Baillieu Peak
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Baillieu Peak is a peak
Summit (topography)
In topography, a summit is a point on a surface that is higher in elevation than all points immediately adjacent to it. Mathematically, a summit is a local maximum in elevation...

, 1380 metres (4,527.6 ft) high, that rises above the ice sheet 25 miles (40.2 km) south of Cape Bruce
Cape Bruce
Cape Bruce is the northern tip of a small island lying at the east side of Oom Bay, separated from the mainland rocks just west of Taylor Glacier in Antarctica. A landing was made there on February 18, 1931, by the British Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition under Sir Douglas...

 and 10 miles (16.1 km) west-southwest of Pearce Peak
Pearce Peak
Pearce Peak is a partially snow-covered ridge, 1,200 m, which appears as a peak when viewed from the north, standing 2 nautical miles south of Moyes Peak and 15 nautical miles south-southwest of Falla Bluff...

. It was discovered in February 1931 by the British Australian New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition  under Mawson, and named for Clive Latham Baillieu (later Baron Baillieu
Baron Baillieu
Baron Baillieu, of Sefton in the Commonwealth of Australia and of Parkwood in the County of Surrey, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1953 for the businessman and public servant, Sir Clive Baillieu, the son of the Australian financier and politician William Baillieu...

), a patron of the expedition.
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